Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Cowley was christened on 16 August 1658, in Michael, Isle of Man, her father, William Cowley, was 47 and her mother, Mrs William Cowley, was 45.
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Sources (2)
- Margt Cowley, "Isle of Man Births and Baptisms, 1607-1910"
- Margt Cowley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (3)
1668
Bishop Issac Barrow founds the Bishop Barrow Trust to establish a university on the Isle of Man (King William's College).
1672
Compulsory elementary education introduced by Charles, 8th Earl of Derby.
1704
Act of Settlement, the "Manx Magna Carta"gave security of tenure.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Cowley. One in Gloucestershire is named with Old English cū ‘cow’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’; two in Derbyshire have Old English col ‘(char)coal’ as the first element; and one near London is from Old English cofa ‘shelter, bay’ (see Cove ) or the personal name Cofa. The largest group, however, with examples in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Oxfordshire, and Staffordshire, were apparently named as ‘the wood or clearing of Cufa’; however, in view of the number of places called with this element, it is possible that it conceals a topographic term as well as a personal name.
Irish: shortened form of Macaulay (see McCauley ).
Manx: shortened form of Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh ‘son of Amhlaoibh’ (a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Óláfr). For an alternative Manx form of the same patronymic see Callow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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